Small Business Technology Assessment

Find out if your company is using technology efficiently or do you need to may changes?

We are committed to providing you the best information and service we can!

To provide you with that level of service we offer to come in to your business and do a Complete Small Business Technology Assessment.

We do this in a two steps. Part One : We do an in-depth Business Assessment to identify, define and determine your company's needs and processes. We use that to determine where technology can provide a clear return on your investments.

We look at your business across many areas. Part of crafting a correct solution involves understanding how your business operates day-to-day while evaluating the role of technology.

Some of the areas we will cover in the assessment:

1. Business Information

The purpose of this section is to capture demographic and strategic information about your company. This information is critical to aligning your technology with your key business objectives.

1.1.1. Business Demographics

1.1.2. Core Business Functions

1.1.3. Key Personnel

1.1.4. Vision and Strategy

This section helps gather a clear understanding of the goals and direction of the company.

1.1.5. Current IT Landscape Layout Overview

1.1.6. View of IT

1.1.7. IT Experience, Staff Resources and Support

1.1.8. Facilities and Environment

1.1.9. Major Company Projects – Ongoing and Upcoming

1.1.10. Regulatory or Compliance Issues

1.1.11. Lifecycle Management

1.1.12. Annual Technology Budget and Fiscal Year

1.1.13. Primary Pain Points

1.2. SWOT

The SWOT Analysis is an effective way of identifying the Strengths and Weaknesses of your company, and of examining the Opportunities and Threats your company faces. The analysis will help your company build on your strengths, minimize weaknesses, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available.

Download a SWOT template for Microsoft Word here...

1.2.1. Strengths:

1.2.2. Weaknesses:

1.2.3. Opportunities:

1.2.4. Threats:

1.3. Business Processes, Policies and Procedures

Part of crafting a correct solution involves understanding how your business operates day-to-day while evaluating the role of technology. With that understanding as a baseline, we can then make recommendations to improve business processes and identify how technology can help.

1.3.1. Document Management and Access

1.3.2. Communication Methodology

1.3.3. Customer Contact Management

1.3.4. Marketing and Public Relations

1.3.5. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

1.3.6. Internet Presence

Ready for your Small Business Assessment?

Part Two involves coming to your place of business and doing a complete review of your current Technology. We will have you complete a Worksheet (download a sample file here...) detailing all the information you have on your Technology, (or we can do this for you at Standard Tech Rates), then we will come to you to review and verify the information, (we need this to accurately assess your current Technology). We will then use all of the information we have gathered to create a Technology road map for the future of your Business! Although Part Two does cost you, unlike part one, it results in a complete I.T. Picture of your business and where it needs to be to meet all of your goals for your Business. To see what is covered in Part Two see this page...